Using Neurosociology and Evolutionary Sociology to Explain the Origin and Evolution of Religions
Religion emerged as a cognitive capacity and behavioral propensity by virtue of Darwinian natural selection on hominins and then humans to become more social and group oriented. The capacity to be religious is only a modest extension of the Darwinian selection on cognitive, emotional, and interperso...
| Published in: | Journal for the cognitive science of religion |
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| Subtitles: | Special Issue on Evolutionary Theories of Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2016]
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| In: |
Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Development
/ Theory of evolution
/ Natural selection
/ Neurosciences
/ Religious sociology
/ Anthropology of religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Darwinian selection
B Sociology B Selection B Religion B Evolution B Non-Darwinian selection |
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| Summary: | Religion emerged as a cognitive capacity and behavioral propensity by virtue of Darwinian natural selection on hominins and then humans to become more social and group oriented. The capacity to be religious is only a modest extension of the Darwinian selection on cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal propensities of all great apes and, hence, early hominins. However, other forms of natural selection need to be added to the explanation of why religion became institutionalized in early human societies, why religious organizations arise and die from competition, and why violence is so often a part of religious revolution. These additional types of natural selection do not obviate Darwinian selection on the human brain, but they become a necessary supplement to Darwinian analysis if the early institutionalization and subsequent evolution of religion are to be more fully explained. |
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| ISSN: | 2049-7563 |
| Reference: | Kommentar in "The Trouble with "Evolution of Religion" (2016)"
Kommentar in "Why the Evolutionary Sociology of Religion Should Build on Rather than Reinvent Biological Models (2016)" Kommentar in "Religion, Neurosociology and Evolutionary Sociology (2016)" Kommentar in "Turner's Definition and Explanation of Religion (2016)" Kommentar in "Human Nature and the Sociology of Religion (2016)" Kommentar in "Explaining Religion(s) with Deep Historical Time Scales (2016)" Kommentar in "What Is the Relationship of Spencerian, Durkheimian and Marxian Natural Selections to Darwinian Natural Selection and How Can We Formalize Their Mutual Interaction? (2016)" Kommentar in "Understanding the Evolution of Religion (2016)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.35721 |